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Key Vote YES on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and urge them to vote YES on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh is a worthy nominee who will interpret the Constitution as written and stop unconstitutional government expansion.

FreedomWorks’ activists drove nearly two million messages to senators, urging them to swiftly confirm this highly-qualified jurist. With the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, the U.S. Senate has the opportunity to tip the balance of the High Court towards textualism for the next generation. This is a uniquely important time in our nation’s history.

The American Bar Association (ABA), hardly a bastion of conservatism, gave Kavanaugh a “well-qualified” rating. “Well-qualified” is the ABA’s highest possible rating for a member of the bench. This indicates that he has maintained the “highest standards with respect to integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament.”

Judge Kavanaugh’s record suggests he might be a Justice in the mold of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia’s son, Eugene, said of Kavanaugh, “He is one of our best judges and would be an outstanding nominee.” On the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, some of Kavanaugh’s eloquent dissents would signal to Scalia during his time on the bench that the High Court should take up a case, especially regarding unconstitutional regulations.

Judge Kavanaugh will be a fierce fighter against the abysmal principle of Chevron deference. This is the wrong-headed approach that suggests courts should defer to the judgment of government agencies when interpreting statutes under their jurisdiction. Kavanaugh calls Chevron “an atextual invention by courts” and “in many ways… nothing more than a judicially orchestrated shift of power from Congress to the Executive Branch.” We need a jurist who is willing to vehemently defend separation of powers, one of the bedrocks of our Republic.

When it comes more broadly to the rampant expansion of the unconstitutional regulatory state, Judge Kavanaugh is perhaps second to none in standing up for the Constitution. According to Kavanaugh, if Congress hasn’t yet opined on a matter of deep economic significance, any regulation relating to that matter should be presumed unconstitutional. He recognizes that lawmaking, under Article I of the Constitution, was delegated to Congress, not unelected executive branch bureaucrats.

It is worth acknowledging the concerns that FreedomWorks has regarding Judge Kavanaugh’s demonstrated views on warrantless and expansive surveillance and its relationship with Americans’ Fourth Amendment right to privacy. However, Judge Kavanaugh has expressed a desire that all judges decide cases on their constitutional merit, rather than their personal preference. Despite those concerns, Judge Kavanaugh’s overarching view of the Constitution is impressive and makes him more than deserving of a seat on the highest court in the land.

FreedomWorks will count the vote of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation when calculating our Scorecard for 2018 and reserves the right to score any related votes. The scorecard is used to determine eligibility for the FreedomFighter Award, which recognizes Members of the House and Senate who consistently vote to support economic freedom and individual liberty.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to vote NO on the Resolution to Undo the Expansion of Short-Term Limited Duration Health Plans, S.J.Res. 63, sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). The resolution would use the Congressional Review Act to overturn a rule issued earlier this year by the Trump administration that expanded consumer access to short-term, limited-duration (STLD) health plans. STLD plans offer some of the only relief to consumers have as of now from ObamaCare’s Title I regulations that have driven health insurance costs through the roof.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks’ 2018 day of action, the “Rally for the Republic” was a massive success yesterday. More than 2,000 grassroots activists attended from more than 11 different states, some driving over 13 hours.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote NO on the Defense, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS) minibus, H.R. 6157. In addition to spending profligately on programs included in the minibus, it also includes a short-term continuing resolution (CR) for remaining appropriations bills into fiscal year 2019.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote NO on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, H.R. 302, introduced by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Ohio). This bill provides no meaningful reforms and contains language that could threaten the civil liberties of American citizens.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representatives and ask him or her to vote NO on the Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act, H.R. 6729. The bill is intended to give a “safe harbor” to nonprofits for reporting suspicions of human trafficking or related money laundering in order to combat human trafficking, which is undoubtedly a noble and important effort.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to vote NO on the Defense, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS) minibus, H.R. 6157. The bill includes a short-term continuing resolution (CR) for remaining appropriations bills, continuing the excessive spending under the Bipartisan Budget Act, which was passed by Congress in February and spent nearly $300 billion more than the previously established spending caps.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks grassroots activists from across the country have driven nearly 1.1 million messages to Senate Republicans and Red State Democrats in recent weeks in support of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.